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Unit 1 · Five stairs

Five notes only

Learn the five notes runs are built from, do, re, mi, so and la, with no fa or ti, pick the run that kept to them, then sing them up and down. Free to sing.

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What it teaches

Runs are built from five notes, the major pentatonic: do, re, mi, so, la. No fa, no ti.

Five notes. Do, re, mi, so, la

Listen. Which run kept to them?

Sing them. Up and down, two a second

What you sing

  1. Listen to each, then choose.
  2. Up the five notes and down, two a second.
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Singing safely

Runs need a light voice: a medium volume, the middle of your voice, no pushing or squeezing. Short sessions. Stop if anything tightens.

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Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up.
  • A guide sings your partHear your line over the others, slow it down, then take your turn.
  • Your notes light upEach note shows where you landed, and a hint when to go up or down.
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